Composition of matter for filling, polishing, and finishing floors, woodwork, and other unpolished surfaces



FREEMAN HERRINGTON,

OE LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

COMPOSITION OF MATTER FOR FILLING, POLISHING, AND FINISHING FLOORS, WOOD- WORK, AND OTHER UNPOLISHED SURFACEfi.

No Drawing.

T 0 all who m. t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREEMAN Hnn'nrNo- TON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and Stateof Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composition of Matter for Filling, Polishing, and Finishing Floors, lVoodwork, and other Unpolished Surfaces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a composition of matter for filling, polishing, and finishing floors, woodwork, and other unpolished surfaces.

The materials entering into this composition are, heretofore known, in widely different proportions however as forming the basis of preparations for cleaning and polishing previously painted or varnished surfaces, and such compositions are to be clearly distinguished from the present invention, which latter is not designed for renewing the surfaces of paints, varnishes, and enamels, but is an original surfacer and finisher.

The materials entering into the present composition, and in the preferred proportions are: boiled linseed oil 1 g part; commercial shellac solution part; turpentine part and denatured alcohol part; Ordinarily the linseed oil and shellac which are the essential ingredients of the composition, will not mix mechanically, but by the addition of the turpentine and alcohol there is more or less efiective and permanent combination secured between the shellac and linseed oil.

The composition as stated is designed as an original finish, andis adapted to be ap plied to the wooden surface by a brush or cloth. The shellac serves to efi'ectively fill Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 28, 1921.

latented Dec. 2'7, 1%21.

Serial No. 440,753.

all crevices and the grain of the wood,while the oil and turpentine provides a hard and permanent lustrous finish which will withstand ordinary wear and tear. Thus the preparation will, with one or two coats suffice to completely finish a wooden surface, as a floor, which is previously without any finish of any kind.

The improved composition is in no sense a cleanser or surface renewer, but is distinctly a surface finish, which inherently possesses the qualifications of applying a hard lustrous finish to surfaces not previously treated at all. The unusually large proportion of shellac, constitutes this the main ingredient, which together with the oil form the essential combination tosecure the results. The turpentine and alcohol are mainly vehicles to secure the mechanical mixture of the shellac and oil, and have little or no appreciable result in the final finish following the use of the composition.

Claims:

1. A composition of matter designed as an original finish for wooden surfaces, comprising a mixture of commercial shellac solutionand linseed oil, with the quantity of shellac largely in excess of the oil,with the addition of turpentine and alcohol to insure the mechanical mixing of the oil and shellac.

2. A composition of matter designed as an original finish for wooden surfaces,-eomprising commercial shellac solution substantially thirteen parts, linseed oil substantially one part, turpentine substantially one part, and denatured alcohol substantially one part.

ture.

FREEMAN HERRINGTON.

In testimony whereof I afiix my Signal 

